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121. Ellen did it.

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Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:52 PM

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BBC: Ellen DeGeneres: I moved to the UK because of Trump

Also: Martina Navratilova wouldn't move to the U.S. now.

Fifty years ago, Martina Navratilova left everything she knew in communist Czechoslovakia to start a new life in the US.

Then an 18-year-old high school pupil, she was one of the Cold War's most high-profile defectors - and she would go on to become one of tennis's most iconic players.
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"If I were now still in that same position [as in 1975] and I had to go live somewhere, it would not be America, because it's not a democracy at the moment," she says.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9xzgg91lpo

I've looked into emigrating several times over the years but it wasn't a realistic option for me.

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